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DOCG Wines
COMPLETE AND UPDATED LIST (2025)

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DOCG wines are the best of the best in Italian enologic production: a quality guaranteed by the Italian state itself. Let’s find out exactly what this designation is and which wines have it, thanks to a list divided into regions and updated every year.

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Complete and updated list of Italian DOCG wines (2025).

The Italian DOCG wines are, at the moment, 78 (Upd. 2025): this number in expected to grow during the next years. Here follows a complete list of them, divided by region of origin (click here for the printable version in .pdf format):

DOCG wines from Northern Italy.

NORTHERN ITALY
North of Italy plays a fundamental role in the production of DOCG wines. Thirty-one of them are produced in just two regions, Piedmont and Veneto: this gives a good idea about the variety and the quality of the grapes from these zones.

Piedmont Region.

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Number of wines: 19

  • Alta Langa;
  • Asti (Spumante e Moscato);
  • Barbaresco;
  • Barbera d’Asti;
  • Barbera del Monferrato Superiore;
  • Barolo;
  • Brachetto d’Acqui;
  • Moscato di Canelli;
  • Dogliani;
  • Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba;
  • Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore;
  • Erbaluce di Caluso;
  • Gattinara;
  • Gavi o Cortese di Gavi;
  • Ghemme;
  • Nizza;
  • Roero;
  • Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato;
  • Terre Alfieri;
Veneto Region.

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Number of wines: 14

  • Amarone della Valpolicella;
  • Asolo Prosecco (o Asolo);
  • Bagnoli Friularo (o Friularo di Bagnoli);
  • Bardolino Superiore;
  • Colli di Conegliano;
  • Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio (o Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei);
  • Conegliano Valdobbiadene-Prosecco (o Conegliano-Prosecco o Valdobbiadene Prosecco);
  • Lison;
  • Montello Rosso (o Montello);
  • Piave Malanotte (o Malanotte del Piave);
  • Recioto della Valpolicella;
  • Recioto di Gambellara;
  • Recioto di Soave;
  • Soave Superiore;
Lombardy Region.

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Number of wines: 5

  • Franciacorta;
  • Oltrepò Pavese metodo classico;
  • Scanzo o Moscato di Scanzo;
  • Sforzato di Valtellina;
  • Valtellina superiore;
DOCG Wines: Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

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Number of wines: 4

  • Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit;
  • Lison;
  • Ramandolo;
  • Rosazzo;
DOCG Wines: Emilia-Romagna Region.

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Number of wines: 2

    • Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto;
    • Romagna Albana;
DOCG wines from Central Italy.

CENTRAL ITALY
Central Italy is famous worldwide for the quality of its wines. Two of them, in particular, have a very high reputation: ‘Chianti Classico’ and ‘Brunello di Montalcino’, both from Tuscany.

Tuscany Region.

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Number of wines: 11

  • Aleatico Passito dell’Elba;
  • Brunello di Montalcino;
  • Carmignano;
  • Chianti;
  • Chianti Classico;
  • Montecucco Sangiovese;
  • Morellino di Scansano;
  • Suvereto;
  • Val di Cornia Rosso;
  • Vernaccia di San Gimignano;
  • Vino Nobile di Montepulciano;
DOCG Wines: Marche Region.

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Number of wines: 5

    • Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi riserva;
    • Verdicchio di Matelica riserva;
    • Conero:
    • Offida;
    • Vernaccia di Serrapetrona;
DOCG Wines: Lazio Region.

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Number of wines: 3

  • Cannellino di Frascati;
  • Frascati Superiore;
  • Cesanese del Piglio o Piglio;
DOCG Wines: Umbria Region.

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Number of wines: 2

  • Montefalco Sagrantino;
  • Torgiano Rosso riserva;
Red grapes.
DOCG wines from Southern Italy.

SOUTHERN ITALY
The taste and the smell of the wines from the south of Italy are greatly improved by the sun kissing its regions.

DOCG Wines: Campania Region.

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Number of wines: 4

  • Aglianico del Taburno;
  • Fiano di Avellino;
  • Greco di Tufo;
  • Taurasi
Apulia Region.

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Number of wines: 4

    • Castel del Monte Bombino Nero;
    • Castel del Monte Nero di Troia riserva;
    • Castel del Monte Rosso riserva;
    • Primitivo di Manduria dolce naturale;
DOCG Wines: Basilicata Region.

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Number of wines: 1

  • Aglianico del Vulture Superiore;
DOCG Wines: Abruzzo Region.

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Number of wines: 2

  • Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane;
  • Terre Tollesi o Tullum;
White grapes.
Italian main islands.

THE ISLANDS
The huge potential of the Italian islands is still to be unlocked: there are no doubts that the future holds great surprises.

Sicily Region.

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Number of wines: 1

  • Cerasuolo di Vittoria;
Sardinia Region.

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Number of wines: 1

    • Vermentino di Gallura;
Italian DOCG Wines: complete, updated and printable list in PDF format.

Updated DOCG wine list in .pdf format (2025)

Follow this link to view, download and print the complete and updated list of the Italian DOCG wines in .PDF format (last update: 2025).

DOCG label.

What is a DOCG?

DOCG stands for “Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita” (Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin): it’s the highest recognition of quality given to Italian wines. With this particular mark, the Italian State, through the MIPAAF (Ministry of Agricultural, Food, and Forestry Policies), certifies and guarantees compliance with a specification that includes, for example, requirements regarding the geographical origin of the grapes and the processing techniques. It’s no coincidence that these products are subject to strict controls, including chemical and organoleptic analyses, to ensure compliance with the standards. Each bottle has a special numbered seal, known as ‘fascetta’, which guarantees its authenticity and traceability.

Finally, it should be pointed out that the number of these oenological excellences will grow over time: an increment that will occur as new ones with the necessary qualities and uniqueness are identified.

Ernest Hemingway

“WINE IS ONE OF THE MOST CIVILIZED THINGS IN THE WORLD”
(E. Hemingway) 

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DOP and IGP wines.

In May 2019, the Italian Legislative Decree n.61 has transposed the EU directive concerning designations of origin.
This means that in Europe:

  • DOC and DOCG wines are now considered as DOP (Protected Designation of Origin);
  • IGT wines are now considered as IGP (Protected Geographical Indication);
DOP and IGP wines.
Red wine.

Generic, varietal and vintage wines.

The IGP, DOC and DOCG labels certify the place of origin of Italian wines. In this country many other wines don’t have a specific designation: they’re the ‘generic wines’, once known as ‘table wines’ (‘vini da tavola’).
There are two types of them:

  • Varietal wines (‘vini varietali’): wines made primarily with a single grape variety (85%);
  • Vintage wines (‘vini d’annata’): wines made primarily with grapes from the same year (85%);
White wine.
Tuscan vineyard: panorama.

The first DOCG wines.

The first wines to receive the DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) label, were two great Tuscan products (D.P.R. 01/07/1980):
> Brunello di Montalcino;
> Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
Both of them were already DOC since 1966.

DOC label.

Follow this LINK for the complete and updated list of the Italian DOC wines.

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